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Isaiah 56:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 56:12

Verse 12 of 12

Scripture focus

Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.

Isaiah 56:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 56:12

Theological / Devotional

Come ye. In a time of imminent peril, with the call already gone forth to the wild beasts to “come to devour” (v. 9), the unfaithful shepherds bid their fellows to come and drink (cf. Matt. 24:49; Luke 12:19).

To morrow. They acted as if time would go on indefinitely, as if judgment were not “near” (see v. 1). Their drinking and merrymaking were continual and habitual. When God revealed His “righteousness” they would be destroyed, not delivered. The line of thought introduced in vs. 9-12 continues without interruption through ch. 57:12.

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